4/10/2023 0 Comments Clean me with hyssopWe can do this through the Holy Spirit filling our hearts with love and compassion for other sinners. We can develop humility through obedience to our confessed sins, and the teaching of others about the truth of their sins. We can do this through regular Bible reading, prayer, and fellowship with other believers. It is important to take time to truly repent of our sins. The washing of the Spirit is necessary to become clean in Christ and to be a witness for Him (see 1 John 3:5, 6). Only the washing power of Christ can remove these stains and make us pure in His sight. Our sins have covered our bodies in filth and stained our lives to the very roots of our being. We have all sinned and have fallen short of God’s standards. It is an excellent prayer for our souls, and it will help us to grow in our relationship with God. We can find many things in this psalm that encourage us. It is also a prayer that God will use our confession of sin to lead others to Him. It is a prayer that God will forgive us and make our hearts clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow Good As New – Psalm 51:7Ī great psalm for those who have struggled with guilt and shame. All rights reserved.Today’s Superverse is Psalm 51:7 – Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean In Jesus’ name, Amen.Ĭopyright 2016, Galen C. Please grant us your forgiveness, cleanse us with hyssop, and we will once again be clean and whiter than snow. We are sinful and desperately in need of your forgiveness. PRAYER: We confess to you that there is nothing good within us, nothing to commend us to you, nothing to cause you to look with favor on us. Or, if your guilt is so great that you can’t bear it – again, pray Psalm 51. If you are having trouble confessing your sin to God, pray your way through Psalm 51. Our plea, like David’s, should be for God’s cleansing. SECOND: It could be a picture of how the blood of Christ cleans us, wipes our hearts and minds and consciences clean once again from the guilt of all we have done, or failed to do. In this case, instead of the doorposts, David needs the blood removed off his guilty conscience That prompted several thoughts:įIRST: David may be thinking of his blood-guilt for the death of Uriah, and he may be asking for the blood of Uriah to be wiped off of his heart and conscience so that he is haunted by it no more. After the Passover was over, the people were to clean the blood of the lamb off the doorposts and lintel of their homes with hyssop. In particular, it seems that it gets its symbolic start with the Passover. Hyssop was a plant that was used for several things in the Old Testament in relation to sacrifice and blood. Yet verse 7 contains a detail that is easy to pass over. He has hope because of God’s unfailing love and compassion. He describes his bones as having been crushed by God, and his longing to once again find the joy of his salvation. A thorough reading of the Psalm shows how deeply David felt his guilt: he describes it as a stain more than once, like indelible ink spilled on a white garment. The Psalm is David’s prayer to the Lord after he was confronted by the prophet, Nathan, about his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband, Uriah. There is no greater Psalm of contrition, confession and repentance than Psalm 51. Psalms 51:7 (NIV) – Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Hopefully the internet will be on at home soon! From the DayBreaks archive, September 2006: NOTE: I have been moving this week, so I apologize for the intermittent DayBreaks. DayBreaks for 9/09/16 – Cleanse Me With Hyssop
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